Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 279b0649e72aa9ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

138.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 15:55:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: bfbd354c162fa9814d78d369b7515459 SHA-1: 5fe5e7b35cc5341fc7b43cd50e07960da05083a2 SHA-256: 279b0649e72aa9fff24933ea35729a236228017cc03e25403d567cd0f8b44bb9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The presence of embedded JS and the link farm structure strongly suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+meaning+of+recourse PDF link annotation
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc1e875a6ec69dd6ec965190c234ac94/rosulufilikukapewozim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a430423f4efd29ac23e4044f78d4e6d/muzokekutotonopuvav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739ef0855f8---jubavugemajivukikigor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/lotowatev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95894c2da78898f3a6267f383d906f20/53479646840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609649e8113a0---ritedoxojunirolasuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85ac52d9499161388a2240b36739e169/21150382708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609053366dece---sapudukisalefusotenixogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panda-es.tokyo/yamituki-n/uploads/files/zemetupifibidalilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3evt8bpjlnm17hh5qfplblfqv/54740622139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0034b8a16e---kunixolaniromapat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d23c65ec1f8968b21c31c14edaf6e120/48255337740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/57103571040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vogiantinhmach.com/media/ftp/file/sunomefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/rifawop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/vuvifuvuxogixejobuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b97d2f14c---rofutojoluwupiwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eef20fcd3c5e99d0628c58d63943204c/72098117482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086cc0e7e721---53745692667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b720d6f4bf6608239cd28a7db2d88fc4/19831515944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0858bcdf4d---54497106811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47383828304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607837e4c964b---81981528901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutyasturak.hu/images/files/kivaboxuvuzixijeretugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001b9db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B9DB 18684 bytes
SHA-256: 5c747dcf953dbb97f6b356228e26a5273aaa047a9e5e2e62bc1ddebbeeaded42
font_01_sfnt_off0001e9a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E9A9 10704 bytes
SHA-256: d04b740f14c88832952e7b8e84903df8d1365017b1e1e49364cdd0c5d8a58ace
font_02_sfnt_off00020203.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20203 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1